The Fellowships & Writing Center (FWC) offers workshops throughout the year to facilitate your professional development as a scholar. Our workshops range from informational panels on fellowships and research to interactive sessions in which we work on targeted writing skills or discuss project management strategies.
Workshops and other programming are announced on Engage, in the FWC newsletter On Grants and Prose, and in other Harvard Griffin GSAS communications.
We also partner with the Academic Resource Center and the Mignone Center for Career Success to bring you events such as “What I Wish I Had Known about Summer for PhD Students.”
See upcoming events below or visit the events calendar for more FWC events.
In the Spotlight
Pre-Prepping for your PQE
Tuesday, November 12, 4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. (Zoom)
Wednesday, November 13, 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. (Zoom)
Congratulations, you finished your first year of graduate school! You joined a lab and are getting your project off the ground, but now your PQE is looming on the horizon. You're not ready to fully commit to prepping and writing, but you want to get the ball rolling. How can you lay the groundwork for your PQE before crunch time? This workshop will cover strategies to pre-prep for your PQE so you're more prepared when you start writing.
Keep an eye out for more details on all our workshops in our biweekly newsletter, On Grants and Prose, as well as on the FWC page on Engage. (To view events, you must sign in to Engage.)
Writing and Generative AI
Wednesday, November 20, 2:00 p.m. (Zoom)
Thursday, November 21, 5:00 p.m. (in person)
Generative AI is a new and exciting technology that offers several challenges for academics and educators. How might we play with generative AI in our writing and revision processes? This workshop will explore ways to use generative AI to support (not replace) graduate writing. Participants with and without experience working with generative AI are welcome to attend, and there will be time for students to share their own techniques and suggestions.
Past Workshops
Other past workshops have included:
- Fulbright-Hays DDRA Program
- Demystifying the Finish Line: A Dissertation Workshop
- Perspectives on Pitching and Publishing
- Writing the Prospectus
- Overcoming Writing Obstacles
- The Art of the Conference Presentation
- Establishing a Writing Practice
- Crafting Introductions and Conclusions
- Strategies for Revising Academic Work
- Research Statement Workshop
- Merit and Traveling Fellowships Information Session
- Fulbright US Student Program Information Session
- NSF GRFP Information Session
You can find recordings of some of these workshops on the FWC Canvas site.
